fluff up

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English

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Fluffing a cotton mattress by beating it with brisk strokes

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fluff up (third-person singular simple present fluffs up, present participle fluffing up, simple past and past participle fluffed up)

  1. (transitive) To plump up.
    Fluff up the pillows to get the bed ready for guests.
  2. (slang) To make a gaffe or blunder; to fuck up.
    I fluffed up on that tricky ski jump.

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